Field Automation Specialist

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Field Automation Specialist : Grade C

Salary range £31,380 to £43,350 depending on experience.

Scottish Water is recruiting a Field Automation Specialist for the Edinburgh,Lothians and Borders area, on a permanent basis.

If you are focused on excellent customer service with a proven Engineering (E&M) skilled background, we can develop your skills further with this role.

Working at Scottish Water

Scottish Water is one of the UKs leading water companies, the quality of

drinking water and satisfaction with the service we provide our customers has

never been higher - but we want to be even better - and you could help play

an important part

We take employee engagement very seriously and have an inclusive and

collaborative work environment where we respect people's differences. In

2016 we won the award for “Best Workplace of the Year” at the HR NETWORK

Awards, which recognised the enthusiasm, commitment, and pride of our

employees in working for Scottish Water.

You will be entitled to a host of benefits which include 37 days holiday a year,

a defined benefit pension scheme, discounted healthcare, plus a variety of

flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies.

The Role

As a Field Automation Specialist, you will provide day to day developmental,

technical and operational support for Instrumentation, Control, Intelligent

Control, Automation and Telemetry systems ensuring that the business needs

of Scottish Water are always met. This is a field-based role supporting

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants and Pumping Stations, Telemetry

Sites etc. throughout the West and Central belt.

Key accountabilities/ tasks

Capturing business needs and develop systems to best suit the business in the

effective operation and support of telemetry systems encompassing outstation

configuration and top end assistance, along with internal system configuration.

Monitoring and maintaining communications media and provide out of hours

support as required, providing operational and technical support for telemetry

systems. Administering software updates and hardware upgrades to

meet business requirements with the minimum of disruption to live systems.

Providing development and maintenance support for PLC, IMCC, SCADA and

DCS systems, to maintain the software library and update change control log.

You will repair, maintain, and calibrate field instrumentation and associated

equipment used in process control.

gathered by the telemetry data, participating in continuous improvement

teams to expedite Field Automation matters timeously.

Provide reports to highlight maintenance, data quality and calibration issues,

supporting other E&M team members dealing with Field Automation

problems.

Configure and support the day to day requirements of users regarding

functionality and accessibility within the telemetry/ PLC/IMCC/ SCADA

systems.

Essential Skills- All applicants to have served a full apprenticeship.- HNC or NC in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.- Significant specialist and technical knowledge of systems and processes such as configuration and modification of servers, workstations, telemetry outstations, PLCs, IMCC and SCADA systems- Experience in calibration of instrumentation- Experience in process controllers- Understand the internal structure of databases and how to extract relevant data- The ability to problem-solve using your own initiative and as part of a team.- Ability to make decisions based on analysis of information within a very fast paced, customer focused environment.- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.- Working knowledge of MS Office suite including Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint- A full current driving licence is essential for this role- Participation in an out of hours emergency standby rota- Strong Health and safety culture

Desirable Skills- Knowledge and understanding of water/wastewater processes- A customer-oriented person who sustains performance by continuous improvement- Applicants to be 17th/18th Edition trained

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Working at Scottish Water

Scottish Water is one of the UK's leading water companies, the quality of drinking water and satisfaction with the service we provide our customers has never been higher - but we want to be even better - and you could help play an important part

We take employee engagement very seriously and have an inclusive and collaborative work environment where we respect people’s differences. We are committed to creating an engaging environment and a positive experience for our employees.

We were recently recognised as a Top 10 Flexible Employer in Scotland at the Flexibility Works Awards 2021 and by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women in 2019.

In 2019 we also won the Age Inclusive Award at The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards and were winners of the Best Public Sector Employ